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| Thread ID: 103203 | 2009-09-15 09:28:00 | target on open wifi | robsonde (120) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 810500 | 2009-09-15 09:28:00 | anyone see the crap target item about open wifi? most of the tips are just rubbish... 1. change tha admin password. ok good 2. use WEP or WPA. WEP is very broken, most hackers can get a wep password in less than 5 minutes. use WPA or if you can use WPA2 3. change the SSID. why? who cares? I would rather have a plan SSID of "linksys" than "23 oldfunk st" 4. disable broadcasting. again, this wont stop a hacker. real world tips. 1. use WPA2 2. done 3. ??? |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 810501 | 2009-09-15 09:49:00 | Yeah just saw that too. I think their advice was aimed at stopping war driving, rather than hacking; I'd guess that if a war driver couldn't get on to your WLAN within 30 seconds, they'd move on to another one. No-one is going to hack their way through AES-CCMP if the next house over has a bog-standard setup. |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 810502 | 2009-09-15 09:54:00 | Shame on you! | whellington (15030) | ||
| 810503 | 2009-09-15 10:13:00 | Shame on you! Umm what now? |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 810504 | 2009-09-15 10:19:00 | Why not add a mac address filter in there too? | Cato (6936) | ||
| 810505 | 2009-09-15 10:30:00 | Why not add a mac address filter in there too? A hardened access control list isn't actually that useful, as MAC addresses can be easily sniffed, and then spoofed. But yeah, I always do that as a matter of course. :thumbs: |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 810506 | 2009-09-15 10:52:00 | open / un-secured networks are an easy target - you only have to go to some peoples places and when the laptop/PC scans for networks the amount that are un-secure is incredible. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how secure your wireless network is - if someone wants to get in, and has the knowledge, they will. Might take a while but they would do it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 810507 | 2009-09-16 00:09:00 | The most effective method is using WPA2 with an incredibly complex key, stick a firewall between the WAP and the rest of your network and use RADIUS if you need to. Hidden SSID, MAC filtering etc will stop most of the idiots but not the determined hackers OR you can fix the problem completely by getting what is called a "wired" network (seems some people have forgotten about this original, cheaper, faster, more secure method) |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 810508 | 2009-09-16 01:41:00 | I have taken the aerial off the dlink dsl g604 as I have the computers hooked up by a cable. Laptop died a horror death. And I am about 300 metres from road Am I safe as a teenager with glad wrap? |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 810509 | 2009-09-16 01:43:00 | It was sensible advice. Not all wireless routers have the later encryption methods. | dolby digital (5073) | ||
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